Bracket for supporting paint cans



April 28, 1953 HUDOBA 2,636,706

BRACKET FOR SUPPORTING PAINT CANS Filed March 4, 1952 ]N V EN TOR.

Amhony ffuaoba. BY

AT 1 ZRNEY Patented Apr. 28, 1953 s;

' BRAGKET FOR SUPPORTING PAINT CANS QAnthonyHudoba, simmers, Ohio fApplication March 4,1952, SerialN0.274,706

This invention relates to brackets and more particularly to a bracket which may be attached to a stepladder or similarv device. and used to support a bucket of paint or can of paint.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a simple and inexpensive bracket which may be manually affixed to a ladder and usable for supporting a paint can or paint bucket.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a bracket which may be positioned on the side rail of a ladder and which will provide a pair of spaced hooks for supporting a paint bucket and whereby the paint bucket acts to hold the bracket in position on the ladder rail.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a bracket for supporting a paint can on a ladder and which may be positioned about a leg of a stepladder and certain parts thereof interengaged to render the device self-retaining with respect to the leg of the stepladder.

The bracket for supporting a paint can disclosed herein comprises a simple and inexpensive construction formed primarily of wire and usable in connection with a straight ladder, a portion of an extension ladder or a step ladder and cable of holding either a paint bucket having a bail thereon or a paint can without a bail. The bracket is so formed that when it is positioned about the side rail of a straight ladder or a portion of an extension ladder, it is held in position b by the bail of the paint bucket or paint can engaged therein. When used with a paint can not provided with a bail, a movable clamping member directly engages the can while other parts of the device are engaged one upon the other to hold the same in position on the supporting ladder.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being the intention to cover all changes and modifications of the example of the invention hereinafter described and claimed, it being the intention to cover all changes and modifications of the example of the invention herein chosen for purposes of the disclosure which do not constitute departures from the spirit and scope of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the paint can bracket adapted for positioning about a stepladder leg.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the paint can 2 Claims. (01.248410) bracket adapted for positioning about theliside rail of a ladder. i

f Figure 3 is a perspective view of a portionof a ladder showing the paint tion thereon. I

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a stepladder showing a paint can bracket in position thereon. Figure 5 is an enlarged detailed view showing can bracket in posithe pain can bracket clamped to a paint can.

By referring to the drawings and Figures 1 and 4 in particular it will be seen that the paint can bracket comprises a pair of rectangular body members It) and II positioned in superimposed relation and loosely secured to one another by a rivet I 2. A bolt I3 having a winged nut I4 is also positioned through the body members I0 and II and provides means for clamping the same together. The body member II is provided with a transversely extending arched portion I5 which provides clearance for a slidable clamping piece l6 therebeneath, one end of the clamping piece It being outturned as at I! and the other end being inturned as at I8.

The rivet l2 and the head of the bolt l3 cooperate in securing one end of a semi-U shaped body member I9 to the body member II), it being observed that the semi-U shaped body member 19 extends outwardly on a plane parallel with one of the sides of the body members I and I l and terminates after completing its U-shape with a downturned U-shaped end 20. The rivet I2 also serves to mount a movable L-shaped body member M which is movable on an are based on the rivet I2 and the outermost end of the L- shaped body member 2| is provided with a downturned U-shape 22 matching the downturned U-shaped end 20 of the body member I9. The middle or intermediate portion 23 of the U- shaped body member I9 carries a rectangular body member 24, one end of which is wrapped partially about the intermediate section 23 and the other end of which is apertured as at 25 and downturned diagonally as at 26.

Still referring to Figures 1 and 4 of the drawings it will be seen that dotted lines in Figure 1 indicate the cross sectional area of a stepladder leg and that in Figure 4 the device is shown in position on a stepladder leg. It will be observed that the outermost end of the downturned U-shaped section 22 of the L-shaped body member 2| is engaged in the aperture 25 in the body member 24 and that the rectangular area defined between the U-shaped body member I9, the L-shaped arm 2 I and the rectangular body member 24 equals the cross sectional area of an ordinary stepladder leg. When the deviceis assembled in this manner about a stepladder leg, as shown in Figure 4 of the drawings, a hook formed by the downturned U-shaped end 20 of the body member [9 provides a convenient means for hanging a bucket or paint can provided with a bail.

In Figure 5 of the drawings the clamping piece 16 is illustrated. with its inturnecl end 18 engaged about therimof a paintv can and the wingedv nut l4 tightened down on the bolt l3 whereby the paint can will be held in close relation against the stepladder leg.

In Figures 2 and 3 of the: drawings the device; I

by the Us-shaped ends 2.0: and 22' enable a bail of a bucket or paint can to be positionedtherethrough which then serves. to hold. the device in assembled. relation andin desirable position. on

the rail of the ladder.

Having thus described invention, what I claim is 1:

L. A bracket for: supporting. a paint can and comprising a pair of, superimposed rectangular body members, means loosely joining said body 4 members to one another, a wsiiaped body member secured to one of the rectangular body members and extending outwardly therefrom, the U- shaped body member having a downturned U- shaped end, an L-shaped body member having one end pivotally secured to said rectangular body members, the other and outermost end of said L-shaped body member comprising a downturned U-shape, a clamping piece slidably mounted between. said rectangular body members, said clamping piece having aninturned end thereon. 2. The bracket for supporting a paint can set forth in claim 1 and wherein a secondary rectangular" body member is pivotally mounted at one. of its ends on the intermediate portion of said. U -Shaped body member and apertured adjacentiitsi opposite.v end for the reception of the end of the U-shaped portion of said L-shaped body-member.

ANTHONY HUDOBA.

Refenencesflited in the file of'this patent.

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